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Potamotrygonidae
Discus ray
Paratrygon aiereba
Each pregnancy brings only two pups
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
LargeDiscus ray is a freshwater fish found around South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 80 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Stingrays
- Family
- Potamotrygonidae
- Genus
- Paratrygon
- Maximum length
- 80 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon River basin (Ucayali, Solimões, Amazon, Negro, Branco, Madeira and its affluents in Bolivia, and Tocantins River) and Orinoco basin.
- Conservation status
- CRCritically Endangered
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
